[Python-ideas] Fwd: Trigonometry in degrees

[Michael Selik]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 1:18 PM Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Michael Selik <mike at selik.org> wrote:
>
>> Would sind and cosd make Euler's formula work correctly?
>
>
> There is nothing inherently more accurate in using degrees rather than
> radians for trigonometry.
>

That's actually what I was trying to say. Shouldn't have tried to be
round-about. Not only did the point get muddled, but I wrote something
false as well!

Perhaps you'd prefer an enhancement to the fractions module that provides
>> real (not float) math?
>>
>
> Isn't that exactly what the fractions module does? or are you suggesting
> that it be extended with trig functions?
>

The latter. However, to Steven's point about irrationals, perhaps this
should be an entirely separate module designed to handle various
irrationalities accurately. ... Like SymPy.
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